How to calm students down after lunch or recess. Some great ideas! Love #gonoodle but preview them first! Some get the kids more active--some are better at calming them down. From The Cornerstone for Teachers

how to calm students down after lunch or recess - classroom management

how to calm students down after lunch or recess-GoNoodle Brain Breaks

Strategies for calming your class after an exciting break like an assembly, lunch, or recess or calm kids after school before homework time!

This pin has several great tips for creating an organized guided reading binder. Each tab breaks the binder down into sections. The sections discuss lesson ideas, checklist for focus students,running records, and a page for easy flexible group changes. This pin will be very helpful with organizing guided reading groups and keeping all the information in a neat organized manner.

Guided reading binder. LOVE the color coded group page with the post its.

Love this idea for grouping students. You can move students around when you need too. If your using ability grouping you can see where they started and how much they have grown.

436427020111403845 Free download & step by step guide for desktop organization. I downloaded this a few weeks ago and it has been AMAZING! ...

She organized her chaotic desktop icons in less than 5 minutes. Post includes a free step-by-step guide for desktop orgianization plus a free download! www.MoritzFineBlog Designs.com; Organized Desktop

I love this idea! |Clean up your Computer Desktop | Simple Computer Organization ~ free desktop background to download and personalize with PicMonkey (easy). I have shortcuts and folders grouped pretty well now, and this is even nicer to give faster visual reference.

great ideas for appreciating teachers ALL year long, not just during teacher appreciation week!!

Teacher appreciation ideas

Art Teacher Interview Questions teacher-stuff

"This website discusses Eric Jensen's research on teaching students in poverty. Learning to uncover the minds of students who have limited resources and schema motivates me as a teacher." -teaching in poverty

Staff development bingo--- a way to keep occupied during those loooong staff meetings!

Play BINGO during staff development? Sounds fun!

So I start staff development this week. I don't know about you, but I LOVE every minute! I really, REALLY do! But it's going to be even better this year, because I made this BINGO game for my team and I to play. The rules are simple...when you hear one...

Future schools the power of knowledge and information is different now. it has shifted from the god like scholar to being available to all via the internet etc.

Great vid on where we/Grand River Academy is heading....Future educational models TED on YouTube of Patrick F. Basset

Pat Bassett, president of National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) - talks about schools of the future - what our kids really do need from school. "Students learn most from their peers. Choose your child's peers by choosing the school." http://www.christchurchschool.org/podium/default.aspx?t=151219

Questions for the First Day/Week and kids answer on Post It notes! What's Skow-ing on in 4th Grade??: back to school Great idea! I can see using this many different ways - what a great way to do a KLW chart.

First Day of School activity: Questions and "sticky" answers: What will you need to do to be successful this year? What will you [the teacher] need to do to help you be successful this year? What do you expect to learn this year in X grade? What should students be doing to make sure our class runs as smoothly as possible? School is important because... Maybe to create classroom rules?

back to school: This is set up for 4th grade but can be used for beginning of the year discussions of expectations. Meet the teacher night???

27 ways to flip the classroom - aka my world starting next school year!

Flipping the Classroom Ideas ... LOVE this compilation of ideas ... Students will too! - An Ethical Island

Flipping the Classroom Ideas ... LOVE this compilation of ideas ... Students will too! ...I'm still on the fence about this whole flipped classroom business.

Edudemic presents an elegant graphic from Mia MacMeekin showing 27 different ways to flip the classroom. It is a great reminder that teachers need not always rely on online lecture/presentation when flipping. It is also an inspiration to those who are tentative about trying the flipped classroom or overwhelmed by creating original content for their students. May it inspire all of us to give the flipped classroom a try - more often or for the first time.

Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core Omgosh! What great strategies. I've been trying to figure out how to explain highlighting "the important stuff." Geared to high school, but easily adaptable

Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core... this is awesome for helping students with annotating text

Great info for college! IMPORTANT! Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core Omgosh! What great strategies. I've been trying to figure out how to explain highlighting "the important stuff."

iTeach. iCoach. iBlog.: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core-This post is geared toward high school but has good advice that can be geared toward lower grades. The ideas include HOW to annotate, WHAT to highlight, and a way to scaffold the learning.

ALL EDUCATORS MUST READ!!! Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core! What great strategies. I've been trying to figure out how to explain highlighting "the important stuff."

LOVE THIS!! Must us in the classroom this year...HSA kids will benefit too.Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core Omgosh! What great strategies. I've been trying to figure out how to explain highlighting "the important stuff."